Adjusting Calories

geminigemz90
geminigemz90 Posts: 305 Member
edited November 22 in Health and Weight Loss
Has anyone adjusted slightly the calories myfitnesspal gave. I entered my stats & myfitnesspal gave me calories of 2420. I set my pounds loss of 1.5lbs per week & activity level to lightly active.

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  • amandacalories
    amandacalories Posts: 107 Member
    I mean I can't speak for you (or anyone else) without knowing your stats.

    But for me I changed my calories to be higher then MFP suggested and I've been losing.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    edited October 2017
    Need your height and weight at the very least before knowing how many words to type in reply.

    I suggest everyone reads these Must Read posts (the announcement at the top of this forum):

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300319/most-helpful-posts-general-diet-and-weight-loss-help-must-reads
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  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    edited October 2017
    1.5 lbs per week is a goal for your height/weight. Not too severe, which will let you stick to the plan.

    Do you use an activity watch/tracker? Those can automatically add extra exercise calories to your daily limit so you don't starve yourself. If you do use one, enable Negative Calorie Adjustments.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    I used the initial setup as a guide then after a month or more I manually made small adjustments to my calorie goal to fine tune my weight loss based on my actual results over time.
    Did the same when I got to my goal weight.
    Changing your desired rate of loss gives you a coarse adjustment, manually setting allows you to make more precise adjustments.

    So how is your current 2420 + exercise calories goal going?
    Is it sustainable?
    Not too restrictive?
    Getting the expected rate of loss?
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  • MsChewMe
    MsChewMe Posts: 130 Member
    If not losing, don’t add calories but subtract another 100 calories. Make it 2220.
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